Pumpkin Spice Coffee

Tonight I stopped by Home Goods again and would you believe that a LOT of the stuff that was there just 2-3 days ago was already gone and some completely new and different stuff was now on the shelves. All of the venetian masks had been snatched up already. Glad I got mine when I did. I also got myself some Pumpkin Spice Coffee...yum yum!

Did I mention that I just started drinking coffee a few weeks ago? I've always liked the taste of it as long it has lots of sugar and creamer in it. But I've just never really felt the urge to drink coffee in the mornings since I usually get my caffeine fix by drinking Diet Mountain Dew. And during the day time it just seems too hot for the stuff. But my daughter and I have been on a Gilmore Girls marathon this summer and because they live in Connecticut on that show, where it's cold...they drink a lot of coffee. So I decided to buy a coffee pot and start drinking coffee too. Hey, it's never too late in life to pick up a bad habit right? Ha!So my coffee of choice since I am a light weight....is Chocolate Truffle mixed with Vanilla Cinnamon and topped off with sugar free Hazelnut creamer. It's quite tasty and since technically I am consuming about 4 cups...it does a nice job of waking me up. I say technically because I have a big coffee mug and I drink 2 cups total, but apparently my coffee mug holds 2 cups at a time, so after 2 cups, I've actually consumed 4...does that make sense?
Anyway, I found the pumpkin coffee and I was stoked...I will now attempt to mix the pumpkin and chocolate coffees and see what I can come up with. Sounds more like dessert doesn't it? And now I just found Pumpkin Spice Creamer on-line as well. Sounds delicious, but I think it is only seasonal, so we'll see if it becomes available. For those of you who are more industrious and handy in the kitchen, you can try the following recipe for "Pumpkin Spice Mocha". It sounds quite yummy and seems relatively easy to make. And for those of us longing for it to be Fall...imbibing in the flavors of Fall will at least make it taste as if Fall is on it's way! Now if only I could figure out how to make these wonderful Halloween themed Coffee designs! :o) The recipe is as follows:

Pumpkin Spice Mocha

Makes one 6-8 oz cup.
Adjust the spice to your tastes.

2/3 cup coffee

1/3 cup milk

1 1/2 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tbsp sugar

1/4 - 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice*

*Pumpkin Pie Spice

1/4 cup ground cinnamon

2 tbsp ground ginger

2 tsp ground cloves

2 tsp ground nutmeg

Combine all ingredients in a small jar and shake to combine thoroughly.
Store covered.